SAP Just Gave a Major Blow to IBM, Oracle and Microsoft

Bangalore: SAP has announced that its in-memory database HANA is now compatible to accept and run the software maker’s all business applications. This announcement is certainly a major blow to SAP’s rivals like IBM, Oracle and Microsoft who, according to analysts, will need several years to achieve what SAP has accomplished.

Elaborating on the accomplishment, SAP has introduced a new technology that allows a single database to perform both business analysis and transactions at the same time. This is the first time that such a technology is being introduced into the main stream. On the other hand, rivals like IBM, Oracle and Microsoft still are able to provide only by using two databases.

"It's the only in-memory DBMS (database management system) that can do data warehousing and transactions in the same database,” said Gartner analyst Donald Feinberg. “That's where it's unique."

The technology is exceptionally advantageous, especially for SAP customers. SAP has proved that customers who use HANA powered applications can speed up their sales process dramatically, as from now onwards there is no need of wasting time on waiting for the information.


HANA Powers SAP’s Business Suite:

And now with HANA powering SAP’s ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) applications, the Business Suite, it’s easy for salespersons to take the orders and process the information just in seconds.

"This changes the way they do business. It really does," Feinberg said. "And that's the kind of value proposition that HANA brings to the table because of the fact that it's an in-memory database."

The declaration was made at a multi-site news conference in New York, Palo Alto California and Frankfurt, Germany. At the event, SAP demonstrated HANA’s much talked speed using its ERP software.

In Palo Alto, Hasso Plattner, SAP co-founder and board chairman, said that in days to come, the database will eventually be available across all SAP products making it convenient and easy to use.

"All SAP products will go HANA," he exclaimed.

Competitors have a huge task at hand:

As for SAP’s competitors, they really have a huge task at hand. But things surely will heat up in coming years, as Oracle and IBM are expected to challenge SAP in time. Microsoft already has announced that they have started working on the same technology for the next edition of MS SQL.

"I do believe that every other vendor is going to go in that direction, but it's going to take them two to five years to do it, which gives SAP a huge head start," Feinberg said.

According to SAP, the company is expected to release the HANA Business Suite over the next six months in time. Till then, SAP will be providing their technologies through “Ramp Up” where customers can order for new product only if they agree to put into production with SAP’s help.

SAP also announced that they will be supporting customers and companies who still prefer to work with traditional databases and SAP applications running on them.

In-Memory databases:

So what exactly are these in-memory databases and HANA? Today many companies offer the technology called in-memory database for a variety of reasons. The only basic thing that everyone should understand is that in-memory databases are faster when compared to traditional databases. Traditional databases are simple read and write disks, which are also slower in processing speeds.

During the announcement, Plattner also remembered to take a dig at Oracle CEO Larry Ellison who famously mocked SAP’s efforts in bringing HANA to the top would fail.

"I have to admit. I enjoy that he is not smiling," Plattner bragged. "And I know that there is a weekly meeting [at Oracle] which has the word HANA in it."

Yet no matter what the future has in store for us, the latest association between SAP HANA and its business applications will lighten up high-profile meetings across all the executive desks of rival companies.

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Sometimes the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us. Read on to find out how:

All of us tend to look up to big people for lessons on how to get better. We are keen to learn the secrets of their success. But we forget that sometimes the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us. Now that's a good lesson to remember!

Take ants for instance. Would you believe those small creatures could teach us how to live a better life? Jim Rohn -- the great motivational guru -- developed what he called the 'Ants Philosophy'.

He identified four key lessons from the behaviour of ants that can help us lead better lives. Jim Rohn is no more but his messages continue to inspire. Here then, are the four lessons from Rohn's 'Ants Philosophy'.

1. Ants never quit.

Have you noticed how ants always look for a way around an obstacle?

Put your finger in an ant's path and it will try and go around it, or over it. It will keep looking for a way out. It won't just stand there and stare. It won't give up and go back.

We should all learn to be like that. There will always be obstacles in our lives.

The challenge is to keep trying, keep looking for alternative routes to get to our goals.

Winston Churchill, probably paraphrased the ant's mindset when he offered this priceless advice: "Never give up. Never, never give up!"

2. Ants think winter all summer.

Remember the old story of the ant and the grasshopper?

In the middle of summer, the ant was busy gathering food for the winter ahead -- while the grasshopper was out having a good time. Ants know that summer -- the good times -- won't last forever. Winters will come.

That's a good lesson to remember.

When the going is good, don't be so arrogant as to believe that a crisis or a setback cannot happen to you.

Be good to other people. Save for a rainy day.

Look ahead. And remember, good times may not last, but good people do.

3. Ants think summer all winter.

As they suffer through the unbearable cold of the winter, ants keep reminding themselves that it won't last forever, and that summer will soon be here.

And with the first rays of the summer sun, the ants come out -- ready to work and ready to play.

When we are down and seemingly out, when we go through what looks like a never-ending crisis, it's good to remind ourselves that this too shall pass.

Good times will come. It's important to retain a positive attitude, an attitude that says things will get better.

As the old saying goes, tough times don't last. Tough people do.

4. Ants do all they possibly can.

How much food does an ant gather in summer? All that it possibly can! Now that's a great work ethic to have. Do all you can!

One ant doesn't worry about how much food another ant is collecting.

It does not sit back and wonder why it should have to work so hard. Nor does it complain about the poor pay!

Ants just do their bit. They gather all the food they can.

Success and happiness are usually the result of giving 100% - doing all you possibly can.

If you look around you, you'll find that successful people are those who just do all they possibly can.

Follow the four simple steps of Jim Rohn's 'Ant Philosophy' and you'll see the difference. Don't quit. Look ahead. Stay positive. And do all you can.

And there's just one more lesson to learn from ants.

Did you know that an ant can carry objects up to 20 times their own weight?

Maybe we are like that too. We can carry burdens on our shoulders and manage workloads that are far, far heavier than we'd imagine.

Next time something's bothering you and weighing you down, and you feel you just can't carry on, don't fret.

Think of the little ant. And remember, you too can carry a lot more on your shoulders!

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1. At least five people in this world love you so much they would die for you.

2. At least fifteen people in this world love you in some way.

3. The only reason anyones would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.

4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

5. Every night, someone thinks about you before they go to sleep.

6. You mean the world to someone.

7. If not for you, someone may not be living.

8. You are special and unique.

9. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.

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